Climate
A wave of dead seabirds washes ashore in Venice
More than 40 cormorants, black pelican-like seabirds, washed ashore at Venice Beach this weekend. The cause is a mystery.
EPA scraps power plant emissions limits in sweeping rollback
The Trump administration is rolling back the majority of Biden-era limits on greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to remove “red tape” that drives up energy costs, agency officials said.
California’s biggest lake is in crisis. Now tribes are coming back to save its sacred fish
An agreement signed Friday formalizes seven tribes as co-managers of the Clear Lake watershed. Mercury contamination, toxic algal blooms and invasive fishes have threatened a rare and revered local fish.
The Trump administration wants to revise the latest National Climate Assessment—three years after publication
Experts said amending the finalized federal climate report would be unprecedented.
August is tied for the world’s hottest month ever recorded
This summer was the warmest measured in Western Europe, said the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
L.A. says it will clean up its biggest gas power plant. Environmentalists aren’t buying it
A plan to convert L.A.’s largest natural-gas-fired power plant to a purported cleaner-burning fuel has drawn the ire of an unlikely opponent: environmentalists.
With support from loggers and (some) environmentalists, Congress unites on major wildfire bill
Congress seems poised to pass the Fix Our Forests Act, which would expedite forest thinning work, test new firefighting tech and build up homes’ wildfire armor.
The fashion industry’s emissions increased about 14% in two years
Major brands have reported double-digit reductions in their emissions but the industry as a whole is using more virgin polyester.
Trump administration tells California its key water plan is ‘unworkable’
The Trump administration and Westlands Water District are objecting to California’s water plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.